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Central Europe to See Rise in Cancer Deaths 

The number of deaths from cancers related to alcohol and tobacco use will rise dramatically in several central European countries over the next ten years, according to French researchers. . .

And the worst is not over, according to the researchers' projections of cancer deaths for these nations. Dr. Paul Brennan and colleagues from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, collected and analyzed data from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania on cancer deaths from 1965 to 1994. . .

``Our results,'' the team concludes, ``indicate that further increases may be expected on top of the already high cancer mortality levels in Central Europe. Policies to reduce alcohol consumption and prevent smoking in younger generations are necessary to reduce mortality as these (groups) age.''

SOURCE: International Journal of Cancer 2000;87:122-128.

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